Probably best known as the birthplace of Mozart, the city Salzburg has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997. It’s a wonderful place to go for a weekend or week long break. Salzburg city centre is one of the best-preserved in Austria and for that matter anywhere north of the Alps. The Altstadt, or “old…
Artusi on Bellenden Road in Peckham is one of London’s hottest restaurants and part of Peckham’s increasingly stylish scene. It’s been named the fourth best restaurant in London by Time Out where they called it the “culinary real deal” and praised its “south-of-the-river sophistication”. The menu is five small plates at £5 each, three pasta/risotto dishes in small…
I am pleased to report that after seeing one of the ten disabled rooms in the St. Martins Lane hotel, that we can now give them 3 BBS Ticks. The rooms are minimalist and need extra grab rails in the shower but the fact they have 10 such rooms is unusual to say the Least. Some are…
I have reviewed Assaggi as I went there when I could walk with sticks. It’s in a room above The Chepstow pub in Chepstow Place and is up a flight of stairs! Totally inaccessible by wheelchair, unless you’re carried, but if you can make stairs it’s worth the effort. There is no disabled toilet either…
As we’ve mentioned ad infinitum we were at The Pitch 2013 last week in Bristol, to get investment for BBS, fingers crossed. As a result we awarded some places BBS Ticks of recommendation. Theses are based on accessibility, facilities & of course style (see here for a full explanation of the Rating System). They all…
You may have seen my recent article in The Lady on top places in London to go out, if not here’s the link. So as Xmas approaches I thought I should do a review of places across the UK you may want to try for a Xmas evening out, if the weather doesn’t put you…
Last week was the week when having a pee tried my patience! First I went to The Hampshire Hog, a GastroPub in Hammersmith, which is owned by the team that ran The Engineer in Primrose Hill. The Engineer is a well known celeb hang out but not so here, not yet. It’s got more of a…
Update June 2013: A friend of BBS has concurred that Aqua Spirit is trendy & Accessible, thanks Christiane. They get a full 2 BBS Ticks! ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. I haven’t been to the bar at Aqua Spirit yet but I’ve been told I will like it. They also have a Spanish and a Japanese restaurant. They also, apparently,…
Apotheca bar in Manchester hasn’t yet been audited but we’ve managed to find out that it has good disabled access! It’s in a listed building and is part of Dough see previous review. The entrance is flat from the pavement and the whole of the upstairs is accessible but the bar is downstairs however the disabled toilet…